@Peg33 (@peg33.bsky.social) reposted
Previously retired, now Deputy Director at Border Servant Corps. Naturalized New Mexican, fully recovered Texican. Lover of books, music, food, and wine. Envier of uruguayos, certified armchair philosopher, and licensed junior psychiatrist.
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view profile on Bluesky Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Doesn't toast properly or absorb butter? What horrible parallel universe do you live in?! I toast and butter the shit out of sourdough, make it regret the day it was baked.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Attack ads on the radio? He's gonna lock down the truckstop garage worker and 80 year old rec room demographics, for sure.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
I’m reminded of the adage, “Republican voters will usher in fascism to avoid socialism because they don’t know the definition of either term.” www.alternet.org/trump-loves-...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like the students have become the masters.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
Fun Fact: Doing business in N Korea is illegal under CRF Title 31, B, V, part 501. Oh, unless the Executive grants special permission. So guess what, Donny gets to hobnob with Kim Jong Un while you get to kick rocks. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Being in public safety for 20 years, my favotite part of the job was, upon entering their homes, passing unsolicited judgement upon their personal libraries.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
1st thing, that looks like a crime against humanity 2nd thing, please take higher res pics of your books so the titles can be read
MorbidAnjel (@morbidanjel.bsky.social) reposted
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Animals feel…
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Some immigration judges have a 100% rejection rate. Yeah, that smells like justice alright. www.cbs42.com/border-repor...
Truthout (@truthout.org) reposted
The DOJ no longer requires temporary immigration judges to have experience in immigration law. The new rule, which went into effect on Thursday, permits any attorney to serve as a temporary immigration judge for a renewable six-month term.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
tweety (@bluskypolitics.bsky.social) reposted
🔵 So tragic 😭💔 Vote Blue 🗳
Jenn Budd (@jennbudd.bsky.social) reposted
Great recruiting video. Join today to rake leaves & have a white guy in a suit order you around.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
He also said, “I can do anything I want, I’m the president of the United States.” The man wants to be king, but we became our own country to never again be ruled by one.
Pops (@pops131.bsky.social) reposted
It's shocking that Native Americans face harassment based on their appearance. This absurd behavior must come to an immediate halt.
LoS Draws 🔞 (@monsterfucker.bsky.social) reposted
My youngest made a friend at his new school. This friend doesn't eat lunch - doesn't bring one from home nor buy one at school Youngest shared some of his lunch yesterday and asked if he could bring extra for his friend, so now we are just going to send an extra meal with him Proud of my kiddo
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
But can it crack the secret recipe for Coca Cola? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
In Atlanta, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered to applaud colleagues who resigned following the firing of Director Susan Monarez. With four top officials stepping down, many now feel that the CDC is effectively finished.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”, With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr. He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
That's some serious spy satellite shit there, amigo.
Patrick Vallely (@pjvphotography.bsky.social) reposted
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
ShantyMinister (@shantyminister.bsky.social) reposted
Well isn’t this lovely. Opera star sings Habanera (from Carmen) in the airport (?) What a terrific voice. #opera I don’t care if they’re staged, we need more profl free public #music and #art.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
We got the inside scoop on this one... Trump or Kennedy to announce new CDC director nominee 'very soon', Leavitt says www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted
Saying you need an AR-15 to hunt is like saying you need dynamite to fish. Stop the nonsense.
J Patrice McSherry (@jpmcsherry.bsky.social) reposted
The head of the National Disability Agency and a former Milei lawyer, claimed that Milei’s powerful sister, Karina Milei, pocketed 3% from each contract www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Done
The Independent (@the-independent.com) reposted
Sean Hannity says he left New York City because he got too many mean looks from people at restaurants
Tina Smith (@smith.senate.gov) reposted
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
What about murdering the English language, old boy?
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
I hate when my underwater radar fails to prevent drone attacks through wind farms, that's why I bought it in the first place! Thanks, Obama.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "Mr President, I invite you see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor because you are really the transformational president of the American worker, along with the American flag and President Roosevelt."
Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) reposted
GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
The Latinos aren't the only ones, buddy. More than half of Latinos in the United States believe the American Dream is dying english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...
Michael Kagan (@michaelgkagan.bsky.social) reposted
thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
“It’s ironic … that they’re so against trans-ness and gender-affirming care for trans people,” the dermatologist said of Trump’s inner orbit. “Because, you know, they’re all doing their own gender-affirming care.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elle Glass (@uberbabe.bsky.social) reposted
www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n... "A whistleblower says that a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names, and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private server."
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Acid Rain (@bearysweet.bsky.social) reposted
No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter. Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting. #art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Stephen Miller is completely full of shit, and he knows it. He's selling hatred of cities to people who do not live in cities and are scared of them.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Crime in DC is down 1400-1500%, show a little gratitude for Pete's sake!
verodee.bsky.social (@verodee.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It has become a beautiful reciprocal relationship and an eternal sculpture honouring the connection now stands in the Choctaw Capital Grounds in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. ❤️ www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
How am I supposed to keep believing that humans are garbage when some of them do shit like this?! Now I have to go to Costco for more kleenex, thanks a bunch.
𝖼𝗋𝗄Ⓥ (@crk5.bsky.social) reposted
In a small town in County Cork, Ireland, a monument stands in appreciation to the American Choctaw Indian Tribe. Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847 [Historic Vids]
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
Apparently there is an Unclaimed Baggage Museum. I wonder if there is a curtained room in the back for Adults Only... www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe he scored trying to deposit -$100 at the ATM once and he thinks the same logic applies.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Not trying to be a control freak, but LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU!!
Rolling Stone (@rollingstone.com) reposted
Donald Trump has been ruling like an authoritarian since retaking office. Today, he appeared to tease the notion of the United States becoming a full-fledged dictatorship while signing executive orders in the Oval Office. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Carolyn Salter MD (@salterfortexas.bsky.social) reposted
Note date. 2017. Do you really have to be a CIA analyst to come to this conclusion? Bet he’s not working there anymore. Wonder if he’s still alive?
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rima I Anabtawi (@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social) reposted
Insane! The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates has told the Daily Beast. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
butterflygirl24 (@butterflygirl24.bsky.social) reposted
Truth Art! #arresttrump #art
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
Death to the terrible sock!!
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) reposted
Kristi Noem and her squad of geniuses are painting the American side of the wall black—apparently to keep us from escaping.
Caroleeena (@caroleeena.bsky.social) reposted
This is not AI according to sites that recognize AI but I don't know the story or photographer. But the picture speaks to me and tells a provocative story.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks Mike & Salon. I've been feeling this way exactly for the last 5, if not 9, years. Folks are now postulating that techbros like Elon helped rig the election. Even if they tipped the balance by a whole percentage point it still means 47-48% of voting Americans are purebred assholes.
Salon.com (@salon.com) reposted
It's time to look in the mirror, America: We chose catastrophe — there's no one else to blame.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
When I see a news outlet use the word "device" it always turns out to be a sidelong reference to a penis. This is the way this article should be interpreted.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
“The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago … The use of thousands of active-duty troops in Chicago also has been discussed”
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.” Listen to the survivors.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Aaaand the difference between those two things is what exactly?
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social)
We interrupt your regularly scheduled social media doomscrolling for this important message: When "he" promises to protect you from "them", its code for protecting himself from you. You are "them" as far as "he" is concerned. We now return you to Uncle Whitey's Biscuit Flour Hour...
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Stupid ChatGPT won't make "picture of Stephen Miller as nazi priest from Raiders of the Lost Ark". It would be "hateful", as if any picture of Stephen Miller wouldn't be hateful. It won't even make him into a Teletubby. What use is AI anyway?!
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Jeffries: "There is no good aspect of slavery, and so Donald Trump is once again behaving like a racial arsonist."
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
"Trump’s audience are his supporters mostly living in suburbs, exurbs, and rural areas. He’s priming them to accept outright war against US cities. In this case, it might be as simple as 'they hate us for our freedoms.'" — @playtyperguy.com
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
What is it called when government owns the means of production again?
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
That means they can fully pursue any ludicrous issue as far as they want with zero personal cost. They will always have access to abortion and medical care, and the words "Social Security" have no meaning in their dictionary. Public schools? Never! And I doubt most have been to the Smithsonian.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
When it comes to these culture war issues remember this: The billionaire/plutocrat class don't live in the same culture/society as the rest of us proles. Even the laws don't apply equally to them. The outcome of these "wars" are utterly irrelevant in their lives, FULL STOP.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
Hisham Zerriffi (@hishamzerriffi.bsky.social) reposted
Not all heroes wear capes. But they might wear size 11 boots. "Nothing is safe from humans or Instagram."
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
Tony opens up a Cracker Barrel franchise: Léon: Tony, all the gravy I make that you keep for me — Tony: You need some gravy? Léon: Just curious. 'Cause I've been working for a long time and I haven't done anything with my gravy.
Kyle Boyd (@longlineskinner.bsky.social) reply parent
How did the Finns get T-54s?
Ann Rose (@annrose.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law (@chrclla.bsky.social) reposted
Two victories for rights of immigrant children! After rejecting the federal government’s efforts to terminate the Flores Settlement last Friday, a federal court on Monday asserted that the government remains legally obligated to promptly process children & they be held in safe, sanitary conditions.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
White House official Lindsey Halligan: "While slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress ... we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress."